The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show (1983) / The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984) |
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| Genre | Mystery Adventure Comedy |
| Created by | Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Developed by | Tom Ruegger |
| Written by | Tom Ruegger John Semper Cynthia Friedlob Gene Ayres Charles Howell IV. Glenn Leopold Richard Merwin Ray Parker Jim Ryan George Atkins Bob Lees Robert Goldblatt Paul Dini Martin Warner |
| Directed by | Ray Patterson (supervising) Oscar Dufau Rudy Zamora George Gordon (1983) Carl Urbano (1983) John Walker (1983) |
| Voices of | Don Messick Casey Kasem Heather North Frank Welker (1984) Marla Frumkin (1984) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Art Scott Tom Ruegger Kay Wright (1984) George Singer (1984) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 10, 1983 – December 1, 1984 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980–82) |
| Followed by | The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) |
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show was the sixth version of the popular Hanna-Barbera cartoon Scooby-Doo. It first aired on September 10, 1983. This show was a half-hour program on ABC. Each episode had two shorter cartoons, each about eleven minutes long.
In 1984, the show's name changed to The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. The way the show was made stayed the same. However, for the second season, two classic characters, Fred and Velma, came back to the show. They had been away for four years. The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries then ran for another season on ABC.
A total of thirteen half-hour episodes were made in 1983 under the New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo name. These episodes had twenty-four separate stories. In 1984, another thirteen episodes were made for The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. These had twenty different stories.
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About the Series
Season One Adventures
For this version of the show, Hanna-Barbera tried to mix old and new ideas. They brought back Daphne Blake to the team. She had not been in the show for three years. The stories in each episode followed Daphne, Shaggy Rogers, Scooby-Doo, and Scrappy-Doo. They solved spooky mysteries while pretending to be reporters for a teen magazine. Each half-hour show usually had two short 11-minute episodes. Sometimes, these two parts would be one longer story.
Season Two and Familiar Faces
The second season, called The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, aired in 1984. It kept the same format. This season brought back six two-part episodes that featured the original Scooby-Doo characters, Fred Jones and Velma Dinkley. They had been missing from the series for five years.
When Fred first returned in the episode "Happy Birthday, Scooby-Doo," his last name was mistakenly said as "Rogers." Later in the same episode, it was corrected to "Jones." "Rogers" was Shaggy's last name, which had been set in the previous season. The theme song for The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries sounded like Michael Jackson's music from his Thriller album. The opening credits even showed monsters dancing like the zombies in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video.
Episode Highlights
The show had a total of 26 episodes over two seasons. Each episode was about 22 minutes long and often included two shorter mystery stories. The gang traveled to many different places, from Greece to Australia, solving mysteries involving all sorts of creatures.
Some of the mysteries they solved included:
- Viking Ghosts: The gang looked for a missing archaeologist and faced Viking ghosts.
- Mud Monster: They investigated earthquakes in Mexico that seemed to unleash a mud monster.
- Haunted High School: Daphne's cousin needed help when her school was haunted by a slimy chemical monster.
- Jungle Mystery: The team investigated animals disappearing from a game reserve.
- Neanderthal Monster: In Australia, they dealt with a Neanderthal monster making sheep disappear.
- Real Ghosts: In one episode, the gang stayed at a mansion that was truly haunted by ghosts.
- Dinosaur Robot: They found out a dinosaur was actually a giant robot controlled by a scientist.
- Haunted Train: Scooby went missing on a train, and the gang had to find him and solve a mummy mystery.
- Scooby's Birthday: Fred and Velma returned for Scooby's birthday special, which was ruined by a villain from Scooby's past.
- Living Toys: The gang visited a toy store where toys started coming to life.
- Presidential Ghosts: Velma invited the gang to the White House, where the ghosts of past presidents caused trouble.
- Sherlock Holmes Mystery: Fred joined the gang in London to solve an old Sherlock Holmes case, where the ghost of Holmes himself appeared.
Voice Actors
These are the talented people who gave voices to your favorite characters:
Main Voices
- Don Messick – He was the voice of both Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.
- Casey Kasem – He voiced Shaggy Rogers.
- Heather North – She was the voice of Daphne Blake.
Other Voices
- Frank Welker – He voiced Fred Jones when he returned to the show.
- Marla Frumkin – She voiced Velma Dinkley when she came back.
See also
In Spanish: El nuevo show de Scooby y Scrappy-Doo para niños
